Christopher Paolini and Homeschooling
Christopher Paolini on tour
http://features.csmonitor.com/books/2008/09/24/christopher-paolini-on-tour/
“Paolini who was homeschooled by his mother, wrote ‘Eragon,’ the first book in the series when he was only 15. Today, he still lives and writes at his parents’ home in Montana and is intensely private about the details of his life although he has told interviewers that he loves to hike in the mountains, practice woodworking, and make the chain mail used in medieval armor out of interlocking metal rings.”
“The things he likes to do, he acknowledged to CNN in an interview, ‘are not the things everybody in this country is doing.’”“And yet that may well be the secret to his success. Paolini himself gives the credit to homeschooling. ‘A lot of kids get traumatized in school and get beat down for being different,’ Paolini says. ‘When I went out in public, I was not afraid. I was never afraid to pursue my interests because of what other people would think.’”
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By Cynthia on Sep 24, 2008 | Reply
My husband and I were just talking the other night about the fact that Christopher Paolini was homeschooled. We’re reading Brisingr together right now - such a phenomenal series, it’s so hard to believe he was only 15 when he wrote his first one. It’s neat to hear him give the credit for his success to homeschooling.